MAPFY4200 Psychomotor Physiotherapy - Individual Approaches Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The purpose of this course is to develop the students’ practical competence in individually-adapted psychomotor physiotherapy. The students’ treatment skills are the main focus of the course, where it is important that the physical and verbal ways in which they approach the patient complement each other. The current clinical picture shows an increasing proportion of patients with chronic and complex conditions. The course has a focus on patient-oriented treatment and what treatment and improvement can mean to this group of patients. Students will also look at the body-mind dualism. The physiotherapist’s role in mental health work is highlighted through observation training.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Psychomotor Physiotherapy and hold Norwegian authorisation as a physiotherapist.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe and discuss the principles of psychomotor physiotherapy
• can discuss key aspects of patient-oriented treatment
• can critically assess physical aspects of mental health issues

Skills

The student

• can apply principles of psychomotor physiotherapy in an independent manner in clinical practice
• can critically assess and apply different treatment approaches adapted to the individual patient
• can analyse and assess individual treatment processes

General competence

The student

• can analyse problems related to psychomotor physiotherapy at a professional level
• can communicate professional assessments to relevant partners and contribute constructively to interdisciplinary cooperation

Work and teaching methods vary between lectures, flipped classroom, supervised skills training and student-active learning methods in the form of group work, seminars and presentations. The course is session-based.

The students will perform psychomotor physiotherapy on patients at their own place of work/practical training establishment.

Practical training period 1 starts after the first teaching session in the course MAPFY4100 and is concluded during this course. The students will also have three days of observation training.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

Coursework requirements that must be approved by the practical training supervisor:

• completed a minimum of 20 hours of group supervision
• completed 80 patient treatments
• individual records in accordance with specified criteria

Coursework requirements that must be approved by the lecturer:

• a minimum of 80% attendance in skills training and scheduled seminars and group work, and group supervision
• three days of observation training and an individual reflection note based on experience from practical training of up to 700 words

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days for your own specialisation
• presentation of own student’s project description for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
• held the role of opponent, providing feedback on one or more fellow students' project plan (peer assessment/opponent)

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Pass/fail.

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.